11-letter words containing n, p, t
- counterpane — A counterpane is a decorative cover on a bed.
- counterpart — Someone's or something's counterpart is another person or thing that has a similar function or position in a different place.
- counterplan — an opposing plan
- counterplay — a positive or aggressive action by the defending side, esp in chess
- counterplea — a reply to a plea
- counterplot — a plot designed to frustrate another plot
- counterploy — an opposing or retaliatory ploy
- counterpole — The exact opposite.
- counterpose — to place (something) in opposition to
- counterstep — an opposing step or measure
- countertops — Plural form of countertop.
- countertype — an opposite type
- coupon rate — The coupon rate is the interest rate on a bond calculated on the number of coupons per year.
- cover point — a fielding position in the covers
- crepitating — Present participle of crepitate.
- crepitation — the act of crepitating
- cropdusting — the spreading of fungicide, etc on crops in the form of dust, often from an aircraft
- crown point — town in NE N.Y., on Lake Champlain: site of a fort important in the French and Indian & the Revolutionary wars: pop. 2,100
- cryptobiont — any organism that exhibits cryptobiosis
- cryptogenic — (esp of diseases) of unknown or obscure origin
- cryptomonad — any of various protozoalike algae of the phylum Cryptophyta usually having two flagella, common in both marine and freshwater environments where they appear along the shore as algal blooms, some also occurring as intestinal parasites.
- ctenophoran — of a ctenophore
- ctenophores — Plural form of ctenophore.
- cuckoopints — Plural form of cuckoopint.
- cupellation — the process of recovering precious metals from lead by melting the alloy in a cupel and oxidizing the lead by means of an air blast
- curie point — the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic
- cuspidation — decoration using cusps
- cyclopentyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from cyclopentane by the formal removal of a hydrogen atom.
- cynophilist — a person with a love of dogs
- cyprinodont — any small tropical or subtropical soft-finned fish of the mostly marine family Cyprinodontidae, resembling carp but having toothed jaws. The group includes the guppy, killifish, swordtail, and topminnow
- cyproterone — an antiandrogen drug that suppresses testosterone in the body
- cytopharynx — the gullet of a protozoan.
- dalton plan — a system devised to encourage pupils to learn and develop at their own speed, using libraries and other sources to complete long assignments
- dap fortran — ["Efficient High Speed Computing with the Distributed Array Processor", P.M. Flanders et al, pp.113-127 (1977)].
- datum plane — the horizontal plane from which heights and depths are calculated
- dawn patrol — a flight, especially during the early days of military aviation, undertaken at dawn or early morning in order to reconnoiter enemy positions.
- dehypnotize — to bring out of the hypnotic state
- demi-pointe — a position on the balls of the feet.
- dental lisp — a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- dental pulp — pulp (def 4).
- departement — an administrative department
- departments — Plural form of department.
- depasturing — Present participle of depasture.
- dependently — relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
- depigmented — Simple past tense and past participle of depigment.
- deplanement — Disembarking from an aircraft.
- deploration — the act of deploring
- deployments — Plural form of deployment.
- deplumation — to deprive of feathers; pluck.
- depollution — to eliminate, clean up, or decrease pollution in (an area).